Ss. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered a review of the abortion drug mifipristone in May 2025, which is ongoing.

Chinese officials sentenced Lai, founder and publisher of the pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily, to 20 years in prison on Feb. 9.

A bishop urges a halt to the planned execution of hundreds of Ethiopians, a Finnish parliamentarian appeals her hate speech conviction, and more in this week’s world news roundup.

In this roundup of pro-life and abortion-related news you may have missed, the surgeon general nominee as a teen chose life; Oklahoma criminalizes the distribution of abortion drugs.

As Russia's full-scale invasion enters its fifth year, Apostolic Nuncio Visvaldas Kulbokas tells a Lithuanian Catholic magazine that Ukraine's war zones are seeing extraordinary religious revival.

In Haiti's biggest and most notorious slum, the Kizito Family has seven houses for orphaned, abandoned, and in need children and operates eight schools to provide education and catechism.

The Emmaus Hour brings together young adult Catholics (and Catholic-curious!) in Washington, D.C., every month for a night of community and cocktails that benefits local charities.

"I feel a special responsibility to speak up clearly for the Church’s teaching and vision at this moment," the bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, said.

The appeal comes as Pope Leo XIV dedicated his May prayer intention to ensuring “that everyone might have food.”

Courage International said the Holy See's synodal report constituted "calumny" against the 45-year-old Church apostolate.